2012–13 Washington Wizards season

2012–13 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Randy Wittman
Owner(s)	Ted Leonsis
Arena	Verizon Center
Results
Record	29–53 (.354)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southeast) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, TBD TV
Radio	106.7 The Fan

The 2012–13 Washington Wizards season was the 52nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 40th in the Washington, D.C. area. Jason Collins was on this team when he became the first active NBA player to publicly come out as gay.^[1]

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place in Newark, New Jersey.
• July 1: The free agency period begun.

Draft picks

Round	PickO	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Bradley Beal	SG	United States	Florida
2	32	Tomas Satoransky	SG	Czech Republic	Liga ACB (Spain)

Roster

2012–13 Washington Wizards roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 1 Ariza, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-06-30 UCLA G 28 Barbosa, Leandro 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1982-11-28 Brazil G 3 Beal, Bradley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1993-06-28 Florida F 35 Booker, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1987–11–25 Clemson C 98 Collins, Jason 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1978–12–02 Stanford F 20 Martin, Cartier 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-11-20 Kansas State F/C 42 Nenê 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1982–09–13 Brazil C 50 Okafor, Emeka 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1982-09-28 Connecticut G 12 Price, A.J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986-10-07 Connecticut F/C 13 Seraphin, Kevin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1989–12–07 France F 31 Singleton, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1989–11–21 Florida State G 17 Temple, Garrett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986–05–08 LSU F 24 Vesely, Jan 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1990–04–24 Czech Republic G 2 Wall, John (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–09–06 Kentucky F 9 Webster, Martell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–12–04 Seattle Preparatory School	Head coach Randy Wittman Assistant coach(es) Don Newman Don Zierden Sam Cassell Ryan Saunders Jerry Sichting Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

2012 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 3–5 (Home: 0–1; Road: 3–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 @ Charlotte L 88–100 Bradley Beal, Martell Webster (18) Chris Singleton (9) Shelvin Mack (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 6,213 0–1 2 October 11 New York L 101–108 Jordan Crawford (17) Martell Webster (10) Bradley Beal, Jannero Pargo (5) Verizon Center 9,627 0–2 3 October 13 @ Cleveland W 99–95 Three players (14) Shavlik Randolph (9) Jordan Crawford (7) Quicken Loans Arena 10,140 1–2 4 October 15 @ Brooklyn L 88–98 Martell Webster (18) Emeka Okafor (6) Three players (3) Barclays Center 14,219 1–3 5 October 17 @ Toronto L 101–104 Trevor Booker (12) Earl Barron (8) A. J. Price (8) Air Canada Centre 11,750 1–4 6 October 20 @ Milwaukee W 102–94 Trevor Booker (22) Trevor Booker, Emeka Okafor (7) A. J. Price (11) BMO Harris Bradley Center 9,967 2–4 7 October 24 @ Miami W 101–94 Martell Webster (23) Jan Veselý (11) Jannero Pargo (6) Sprint Center 16,143 3–4 8 October 26 @ San Antonio L 85–100 A. J. Price, Jan Veselý (13) Earl Barron (10) Jordan Crawford, Shelvin Mack (4) AT&T Center 17,842 3–5
2012–13 season schedule

Regular season

Season standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z-Miami Heat	66	16	.805	-12.0	37–4	29–12	15–1	82
x-Atlanta Hawks	44	38	.537	10.0	25–16	19–22	11–5	82
Washington Wizards	29	53	.354	25.0	22–19	7–34	5–11	82
Charlotte Bobcats	21	61	.256	33.0	15–26	6–35	6–10	82
Orlando Magic	20	62	.244	34.0	12–29	8–33	3–13	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Miami Heat *	66	16	.805	–	82
2	y-New York Knicks *	54	28	.659	12.0	82
3	y-Indiana Pacers *	49	32	.605	16.5	81
4	x-Brooklyn Nets	49	33	.598	17.0	82
5	x-Chicago Bulls	45	37	.549	21.0	82
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	44	38	.537	22.0	82
7	x-Boston Celtics	41	40	.506	24.5	81
8	x-Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	28.0	82
9	Philadelphia 76ers	34	48	.415	32.0	82
10	Toronto Raptors	34	48	.415	32.0	82
11	Detroit Pistons	29	53	.354	37.0	82
12	Washington Wizards	29	53	.354	37.0	82
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	24	58	.293	42.0	82
14	Charlotte Bobcats	21	61	.256	45.0	82
15	Orlando Magic	20	62	.244	46.0	82

Game Log

2012–13 game log Total: 29–53 (Home: 22–19; Road: 7–34)
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 30 @ Cleveland L 84–94 Jordan Crawford (11) Earl Barron (8) A.J. Price (6) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 0–1
November : 1–12 (Home: 1–6; Road: 0–6) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 November 3 Boston L 86–89 Jordan Crawford (21) Trevor Booker (10) Pargo, Price & Webster (4) Verizon Center 20,308 0-2 3 November 7 @ Boston L 94–100 Beal, Seraphin & Webster (16) Kevin Seraphin (9) A.J. Price (7) TD Garden 18,624 0-3 4 November 9 Milwaukee L 91–101 Bradley Beal (22) Trevor Ariza (8) A.J. Price (9) Verizon Center 14,531 0-4 5 November 10 @ Indiana L 85–89 Okafor & Beal (17) Emeka Okafor (8) A.J. Price (14) Conseco Fieldhouse 12,036 0-5 6 November 13 @ Charlotte L 76–92 Trevor Ariza (19) Crawford & Okafor (9) A.J. Price (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 11,139 0-6 7 November 14 @ Dallas L 101–107 Jordan Crawford (21) Trevor Booker (6) Jordan Crawford (7) American Airlines Center 19,560 0-7 8 November 17 Utah L 76–83 Jordan Crawford (20) Emeka Okafor (14) Jordan Crawford (8) Verizon Center 16,210 0-8 9 November 19 Indiana L 89–96 Bradley Beal (18) Trevor Booker (8) Shaun Livingston (4) Verizon Center 14,426 0-9 10 November 21 @ Atlanta L 100–101 Kevin Seraphin (21) Trevor Ariza (15) A.J. Price (7) Philips Arena 11,338 0-10 11 November 24 Charlotte L 106–108 Martell Webster (21) Chris Singleton (12) Jordan Crawford (6) Verizon Center 13,077 0-11 12 November 26 San Antonio L 92–118 Jordan Crawford (19) Kevin Seraphin (7) A.J. Price (7) Verizon Center 13,879 0-12 13 November 28 Portland W 84–82 Jordan Crawford (19) Kevin Seraphin (10) A.J. Price (6) Verizon Center 14,114 1-12 14 November 30 @ New York L 87–108 Jordan Crawford (17) Kevin Seraphin (10) Jordan Crawford (4) Madison Square Garden 19,033 1-13
December : 3–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–6) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 4 Miami W 105–101 Jordan Crawford (22) Kevin Seraphin (10) Jordan Crawford (6) Verizon Center 17,761 2-13 16 December 7 @ Atlanta L 95–104 Kevin Seraphin (19) Kevin Seraphin (7) A.J. Price (6) Philips Arena 13,067 2-14 17 December 8 Golden State L 97–101 Jordan Crawford (22) Jordan Crawford (7) Jordan Crawford (8) Verizon Center 15,176 2-15 18 December 11 @ New Orleans W 77–70 Jordan Crawford (26) Nenê (10) Beal & Crawford (20) New Orleans Arena 10,076 3-15 19 December 12 @ Houston L 93–99 Bradley Beal (20) Nenê (9) Bradley Beal (6) Toyota Center 13,351 3-16 20 December 14 L. A. Lakers L 96–102 Cartier Martin (21) Martin, Nenê, & Seraphin (8) Jordan Crawford (6) Verizon Center 20,308 3–17 21 December 15 @ Miami L 72–102 Bradley Beal (19) Emeka Okafor (10) Jordan Crawford (6) American Airlines Arena 19,724 3-18 22 December 18 Atlanta L 95–100 Jordan Crawford (27) Earl Barron (14) Jordan Crawford (11) Verizon Center 15,123 3-19 23 December 19 @ Orlando L 83–90 Nenê (20) Emeka Okafor (12) Jordan Crawford (6) Amway Center 16,893 3-20 24 December 21 @ Detroit L 68–100 Jordan Crawford (20) Martell Webster (9) Jordan Crawford (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,489 3-21 25 December 22 Detroit L 87–96 Jordan Crawford (21) Emeka Okafor (14) Jordan Crawford (6) Verizon Center 13,104 3-22 26 December 26 Cleveland L 84–87 Crawford & Okafor (17) Okafor & Webster (10) Shelvin Mack (7) Verizon Center 13,846 3-23 27 December 28 Orlando W 105–97 Jordan Crawford (27) Nenê & Okafor (11) Crawford & Temple (6) Verizon Center 15,789 4-23 28 December 29 @ Chicago L 77–87 Bradley Beal (14) Emeka Okafor (18) Mack & Temple (5) United Center 22,447 4-24
January : 7–9 (Home: 5–3; Road: 2–6) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 January 1 Dallas L 94–103 Bradley Beal (22) Emeka Okafor (11) Shelvin Mack (6) Verizon Center 14,456 4-25 30 January 2 @ Indiana L 81–89 Jordan Crawford (20) Okafor & Seraphin (9) Crawford & Temple (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 11,182 4-26 31 January 4 Brooklyn L 113–115 Bradley Beal (24) Okafor & Temple (7) Garrett Temple (11) Verizon Center 16,006 4-27 32 January 6 @ Miami L 71–99 Kevin Seraphin (14) Emeka Okafor (9) Garrett Temple (7) American Airlines Arena 20,228 4-28 33 January 7 Oklahoma City W 101–99 Beal & Webster (22) Emeka Okafor (12) A.J. Price (5) Verizon Center 16,917 5-28 34 January 12 Atlanta W 93–83 Beal & Price (16) Nenê & Okafor (10) John Wall (4) Verizon Center 15,331 6-28 35 January 14 Orlando W 120–91 Emeka Okafor (19) Emeka Okafor (11) Wall & Price (6) Verizon Center 14,648 7-28 36 January 16 @ Sacramento L 94–95 Bradley Beal (26) Nenê & Webster (9) John Wall (10) Power Balance Pavilion 11,611 7-29 37 January 18 @ Denver W 112–108 Bradley Beal (23) Trevor Booker (8) John Wall (12) Pepsi Center 16,523 8-29 38 January 19 @ L. A. Clippers L 87–94 John Wall (24) Emeka Okafor (12) John Wall (6) Staples Center 19,188 8-30 39 January 21 @ Portland W 98–95 Nenê & Webster (24) Emeka Okafor (13) Martell Webster (6) Rose Garden 17,366 9-30 40 January 23 @ Utah L 88–92 Martell Webster (15) Emeka Okafor (17) John Wall (8) EnergySolutions Arena 18,158 9-31 41 January 25 Minnesota W 114–101 Jordan Crawford (19) Emeka Okafor (8) John Wall (5) Verizon Center 14,095 10-31 42 January 26 Chicago W 86–73 Nenê (16) Emeka Okafor (16) John Wall (7) Verizon Center 20,308 11-31 43 January 28 Sacramento L 94–96 Emeka Okafor (23) Emeka Okafor (15) John Wall (6) Verizon Center 13,422 11-32 44 January 30 @ Philadelphia L 84–92 Nenê (16) Emeka Okafor (17) John Wall (6) Wells Fargo Center 15,101 11-33
February : 7–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 45 February 1 @ Memphis L 76–85 Nenê (14) Emeka Okafor (10) Wall & Nenê (6) FedExForum 15,017 11-34 46 February 2 @ San Antonio L 86–96 John Wall (21) Emeka Okafor (9) John Wall (9) AT&T Center 18,581 11-35 47 February 4 L. A. Clippers W 98–90 Martell Webster (21) Emeka Okafor (14) John Wall (8) Verizon Center 16,246 12-35 48 February 6 New York W 106–96 John Wall (21) Nenê (10) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 18,263 13-35 49 February 8 Brooklyn W 89–74 Nenê (20) Nenê (11) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 19,614 14-35 50 February 11 @ Milwaukee W 102–90 Bradley Beal (28) Nenê (13) John Wall (10) Bradley Center 13,842 15-35 51 February 13 @ Detroit L 85–96 Emeka Okafor (20) Emeka Okafor (9) John Wall (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,095 15-36 All-Star Break 52 February 19 Toronto L 88–96 Bradley Beal (25) Emeka Okafor (9) John Wall (6) Verizon Center 13,923 15-37 53 February 22 Denver W 119–113 Emeka Okafor (17) Emeka Okafor (13) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 16,527 16-37 54 February 23 Houston W 105–103 Bradley Beal (21) Emeka Okafor (11) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 20,308 17-37 55 February 25 @ Toronto W 90–84 Bradley Beal (20) Emeka Okafor (13) John Wall (7) Air Canada Centre 16,705 18-37 56 February 27 Detroit L 95–96 Trevor Ariza (22) Chris Singleton (8) A.J. Price (8) Verizon Center 14,298 18-38
March : 9–8 (Home: 7–1; Road: 2–7) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 57 March 1 New York L 88–96 Bradley Beal (29) Bradley Beal (11) John Wall (6) Verizon Center 20,308 18-39 58 March 3 Philadelphia W 90–87 Martell Webster (16) Emeka Okafor (16) John Wall (6) Verizon Center 17,370 19-39 59 March 6 @ Minnesota L 82–87 John Wall (19) Emeka Okafor (14) John Wall (7) Target Center 13,233 19-40 60 March 8 @ Brooklyn L 78–95 John Wall (16) Emeka Okafor (9) A.J. Price (4) Barclays Center 17,732 19-41 61 March 9 Charlotte W 104–87 Trevor Ariza (26) Emeka Okafor (10) John Wall (6) Verizon Center 16,357 20-41 62 March 12 @ Cleveland L 90–95 John Wall (27) Emeka Okafor (11) John Wall (14) Quicken Loans Arena 14,689 20-42 63 March 13 Milwaukee W 106–93 John Wall (23) Nenê (13) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 14,506 21-42 64 March 15 New Orleans W 96–87 John Wall (29) Trevor Booker (13) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 14,942 22-42 65 March 16 Phoenix W 127–105 Martell Webster (34) Emeka Okafor (10) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 16,882 23-42 66 March 18 @ Charlotte L 114–119 John Wall (25) Emeka Okafor (9) Nenê (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,141 23-43 67 March 20 @ Phoenix W 88–79 John Wall (19) Nenê (8) John Wall (8) US Airways Center 14,819 24-43 68 March 22 @ L. A. Lakers W 103–100 Trevor Ariza (25) Garrett Temple (6) John Wall (16) Staples Center 18,997 25-43 69 March 23 @ Golden State L 92–101 Cartier Martin (23) Kevin Seraphin (6) Garrett Temple (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 25-44 70 March 25 Memphis W 107–94 John Wall (47) Emeka Okafor (9) John Wall (8) Verizon Center 17,868 26-44 71 March 27 @ Oklahoma City L 80–103 John Wall (18) Emeka Okafor (10) John Wall (12) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 26-45 72 March 29 @ Orlando L 92–97 John Wall (35) Emeka Okafor (13) Martell Webster & Garrett Temple (3) Amway Center 17,998 26-46 73 March 31 Toronto W 109–92 Bradley Beal (24) Emeka Okafor (10) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 14,360 27-46
April: 2–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 74 April 2 Chicago W 90–86 John Wall (27) Emeka Okafor (9) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 17,319 28-46 75 April 3 @ Toronto L 78–88 John Wall (20) Emeka Okafor (8) John Wall (5) Air Canada Centre 15,783 28-47 76 April 6 Indiana W 104–85 John Wall (37) Emeka Okafor (9) John Wall (5) Verizon Center 19,360 29-47 77 April 7 @ Boston L 96–107 John Wall (16) Emeka Okafor (9) John Wall (10) TD Garden 18,624 29-48 78 April 9 @ New York L 99–120 John Wall (33) Emeka Okafor (8) Nenê (5) Madison Square Garden 19,033 29-49 79 April 10 Miami L 98–103 A.J. Price (23) John Wall (9) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 20,308 29-50 80 April 12 Philadelphia L 86–97 John Wall (24) Nenê (10) John Wall (7) Verizon Center 18,476 29-51 81 April 15 @ Brooklyn L 101–106 John Wall (18) Trevor Booker (13) John Wall (12) Barclays Center 16,774 29-52 82 April 17 @ Chicago L 92–95 A.J. Price (24) Kevin Seraphin (9) Garrett Temple (5) United Center 22421 29-53
2012–13 season schedule

Injuries and surgeries

On September 28, 2012, the Wizards announced that John Wall would be sidelined for about eight weeks after being diagnosed with the early stages of what could become a stress fracture in his left knee. No surgery was required, but Wall had to begin rehabilitation immediately.^[2]

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Bradley Beal Via free agency Earl Barron Steven Gray Jannero Pargo A. J. Price Shavlik Randolph Martell Webster Via trade Trevor Ariza Emeka Okafor

Players Lost Via trade Rashard Lewis Via free agency Morris Almond Othyus Jeffers Roger Mason, Jr. James Singleton Waived Andray Blatche

Trades

June 20, 2012

To Washington Wizards Trevor Ariza Emeka Okafor

To New Orleans Hornets Rashard Lewis The 46th pick in 2012

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Cartier Martin	July 12	Washington Wizards (re-signed)
A. J. Price	July 24	Indiana Pacers
Martell Webster	August 29	Minnesota Timberwolves
Brian Cook	September 19	Washington Wizards (re-signed)
Earl Barron	September 19	Atléticos de San Germán (Puerto Rico)
Steven Gray	September 19	BK Ventspils (Latvia)
Shavlik Randolph	September 19	Piratas de Quebradillas (Puerto Rico)
Jannero Pargo	October 1	Atlanta Hawks

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Roger Mason, Jr.	August 3	New Orleans Hornets
Morris Almond	August 19	Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
James Singleton	September 18	Xinjiang Flying Tigers (China)
Othyus Jeffers	October 1	Phoenix Suns

References

1. "NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gay". BBC. April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
2. Lee, Michael (September 28, 2012). John Wall out eight weeks because of stress injury in right knee, The Washington Post. Retrieved October 25, 2012.